Jeanie (Rice) Buchanan

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Biography

I was born in Moscow, Idaho to Don Rice and Ev Young. I was named after my father as Donna Jean Rice, but always went by my middle name. (A personal cross to bear as I am always coming to a form or application that does not allow this! Even Wikitree.) I have always been "Jeanie." I graduated from Lewis & Clark High School in Spokane, Washington in June 1967. I graduated from Eastern Washington State College, Cheney, Washington, in June 1971 with a BA in Social Work, and minors in Music, Psychology, and Sociology.

I married Larry Buchanan on December 19, 1969. We had two sons and then were divorced February 22, 1977.

In 1978, I was diagnosed with Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)^[1]. However, I learned that I was actually born with PKD. PKD is a genetic kidney disease, 50% inheritable by each child of a parent who has PKD. I have traced PKD through my Dad, Don Rice. who inherited it from his mother, my Grandmother Alberta Rice. I have found it in two of her sisters, so far, and I am continuing my research to see which great grandparent was affected by PKD.

Both of my Dad's siblings had PKD, but each only passed it on to one of four children. Dad passed it to three of his four children. I went on dialysis in 2009 and had a kidney transplant in 2016. My brother and sister both had kidney transplants before me. My sister's new kidney eventually failed and she went on dialysis for six years before passing away from kidney failure due to End Stage Renal Disease.

There is no cure for Polycystic Kidney Disease. Most PKD patients will need dialysis and/or a kidney transplant.

I speak to nursing and medical students about living with PKD.

Sources

1. ↑ "What is Polycystic Kidney Disease?" https://www.kidney.org/atoz/content/polycystic

• Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Washington State Divorce Indexes, 1969-2014
• Ancestry.com. Washington, U.S., Divorce Index, 1969-2017 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017.
• Original data: Washington State Divorce Indexes, 1969-2017. Washington State Archives, Olympia, Washington.

Notable Ancestors

Noah Webster Jr., L.L.D. (Young line)

Noah Webster Jr., L.L.D. is my 5th Great Grandfather

Donna “Jean” (Rice) Buchanan

Evelyne Ophelia (Young) Rice

William Nelson Young

Myrtle Dell (Mills) Young

Evaline Ophelia (Price) (widow of Silas Mills) Cronbaugh

Polly Ann (Goodrich) Price

Frances Julianna (Webster) Goodrich

Noah Webster Jr., L.L.D.

Descendant of Elizabeth (Gookin) Greenleaf (1861-1762), considered the first female pharmacist in the Colonies.

Elizabeth (Gookin) Greenleaf is considered the first female pharmacist in the Colonies. She is the grandmother of Noah Webster's wife, Rebecca (Greenleaf) Webster (my 5th Great Grandmother). Elizabeth is my 7th Great Grandmother.

Descendant of Deacon Edmund Rice (1594-1663), an early immigrant to Massachusetts Bay Colony, the first of his line to come to America in 1639.

Edmund Rice is my 8th Great Grandfather

Thomas Satterwhite Noble (Rice line)

Thomas Satterwhite Noble is my first cousin four times removed. Thomas is known for his serious paintings of slavery. He was against slavery even though he was in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

Lucille Ball is my 7th cousin twice removed.

Personal Projects

Missionaries from The Christian and Missionary Alliance who were kidnapped or killed in Vietnam

Indian Interactions with Rice family including kidnapping, killing, or adoption.